International hiring isn't about throwing away what already works—it's about knowing what to keep, what to adapt, and what to leave at the border. Based on his experience leading people functions and successful global hiring projects across the UK, Europe, and the Americas, Carlos Rivas shares five practical ideas that help organizations hire internationally with confidence.
We'll discuss this in the upcoming Talentuch webinar:
The Cross-Border Hiring Playbook: Five Strategic Considerations for Effective International Hiring
What we'll cover:
Know the rules before the market.
• Employment law shapes recruitment—not the other way around. Validate the legal framework before opening the position.
• Start with compliance before recruitment. Compliance is a business strategy, not an HR task.
Hire for the culture you are entering—not the one you're leaving.
• Think globally. Hire locally.
o Don't copy-paste your domestic hiring process.
o Localize the candidate experience without sacrificing employer brand.
• Competitive pay is more than salary, and it also has different definitions across cultures.
Build Alignment Before You Make an Offer
• Align HR, Legal, Finance and Operations before making the first offer.
• Define who owns each hiring decision. Break down silos before they break your hiring process.
• Cross-border hiring is a business decision with HR implications—not an HR decision with business implications.
Treat onboarding as your first retention strategy.
• Design onboarding that Balances local adaptation with global identity.
• Understand belonging before measuring performance.
• Invest in education before evaluation.
Scale people practices before scaling headcount.
• Growth exposes processes, not people. Or does it?
• Adapt your hiring process without losing consistency.
Host:
Anastasia Dondich is an experienced IT recruitment professional with 10+ years of success in closing niche roles, including MS Dynamics specialists, as well as general IT and C-level positions. In addition to her recruiting expertise, she brings 4+ years of experience as an Account Manager, partnering closely with hiring managers and stakeholders worldwide to build hiring processes from scratch and launch new locations.
Speakers:
Carlos A. Rivas
Carlos Rivas is an international executive in People, Talent, and Leadership with experience building and transforming end-to-end HR functions across Europe, the UK, the US, and Latin America. He works with HR leaders and business executives on talent strategy, employee experience, leadership development, organizational design, and employment law, with a strong focus on the practical application of AI in HR. Carlos advises C-suite teams on organizational transformation and leadership and has also taught talent and leadership at the University of Catalonia and the University of Salamanca. He holds a Law degree with postgraduate qualifications in HR, Organizational Psychology, Leadership, and Coaching.
